Means for driving wells



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r C- A. GUYOTTE MEANS FOR DRIVING WELLS Filed Aug. 28. 1920 F151. IT1115 AV /H' /II I TNvmN'rnR DABUYU T T E WQWM ATTUHNBY Patented Apr.15, 1924.

umrsn STATES CHARLES A. G'UYOTTE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MEANS FOR DRIVING WELLS.

Application filed August 28, 1920. Serial No. 406,734.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES A. GUroT'rE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meansfor Driving wells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in well drivers and methods ofdriving wells and consists particularly in the provision of a pointadapted to be driven into the ground and a well forming member or pipehaving sliding connection with the point so that a basin can be formedabove the point and water permitted to enter the well forming member orpipe without danger of being permanently clogged by sediment or sand orthe like.

After repeated successful experiments I have discovered that a screenmay be dispensed with in forming driven wells and a more positive flowof water obtained by employing the method and device herein'described.

With the above and other objects in view this invention relates tocertain new and useful constructions, combinations and arrangements ofparts, clearly described in the following specification andfullyillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section partly in elevation showing the wellforming member or pipe engaged with the seat of the point.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the well forming member or pipe inshifted relation to the point, on a reduced scale.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken above the slidingconnection.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line through thesupporting conngction to a point near the upper end there 0 Referring tothe accompanying drawings 5 designates a tapering point having anintegral shank 6 of cylindrical shape concentrically disposed thereon.The upper end of the point or body 5 provides a seat or shoulder 7 Theupper portion of the shank 6 is milled out or provided with recesses 6which receive the lower ends of the straps 8 and 9 formed on the Ushaped member 10 which extends slidably into the well forming member orpipe 11.

The well forming member or pipe 11 is provided with a transverse pin orbolt 12 which constitutes a stop form to limit the end Wise motion ormovement of the U shaped member 10 therein, the lower end of said wellforming member or'pipe 11 being adapted to engage the seat 7. The shank6 is formed with a diameter somewhat smaller than the diameter of thebore of the pipe so as to provide an annular water passage 13therebetween and the lower end portion of the well forming member orpipe 11 is provided with a series of openings 14 whereby water may enterthe member or pipe 11.

The point 5 is driven into the ground in the usual manner to a pointestimated to be within the zone of an underground water stream or sourceand then the member or pipe 11 is shifted vertically as indicated inFigure 2 so as to permit any sand that has accumulated in the lower endof the pipe or member 11 to drop by gravity into the chamber formed bythe head of the point 5, which head is shown to be considerably largerthan the external diameter of the lower end of the pipe or member 11.The pipe may then be returned to its lowermost position if desired andthe water will flow into the member or pipe 11 through the smallopenings 14.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A well driving device consisting of a well forming member havingopenings in its wall located near the lower end thereof,

a point having a shoulder adapted to engage the lower end of said memberand a shank of smaller diameter than the bore of the member, a strapconnected with said shank the tubular member and adapted to slide beWholly Withdrawn from the tubular memtherein, a bar secured transverselyt0 the her and held against further endwise movetubular member above thelower end therement, whereby the tubular member may be of, and a strapsecured to the shank and quickly cleared of debris.

extending above the same and adapted to Signed by me at Springfield,Massachupermit the point and its shank and the setts.

tubular member to move outwardly of each other whereby the shank and thepoint will 7 CHARLES A. GUYOTTE.

